Device for connecting handles to brushes.



W. VERNON. DEVICE FOR CONNECTING HANDLES T0 BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY] 19 mwww.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915 WALTER VERNON, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR CONNECTING HANDLES TO BRUSHES.

ll'pplicaton filed July 7, 1915.

effecting a detachable connection between the brush and the handle.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide adevice of the class described whereby a handle may be readily andquickly applied to a hand brush and removed therefrom so that the brushmay be operated with ease and facility.

It is also my purpose to provide a device of the type set forth whichwill embrace the desired features of simplicity, efficiency anddurability, which may be readily and conveniently put into use andwherein the component parts will be so arrangedahd correlated as toreduce the possibility of de rangement to a, minimum.

{ith the above andother objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, com ination and arrangement of parts hereina er set forthin and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 is perspective view of a brush andhandle coi mected together by means of a device constructed inaccordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thedevice removed from the brush.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 1 designates a brush of anysuitable or preferred construction embodying a head 2 and bristles 3.

4c designates a handle, while 5 indicates my improved connecting deviceas an entirety.. This device comprises a head bar 6 having one edgeformed with outwardly projecting lugs 7 spaced apart in parallel--Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Serial No. 38,456.

and arranged at any desired angle relatively to the head bar is a sleeve10 that receives oneend of the handle 4 and formed on the sleeve 10,andprojecting outwardly therefrom at diametrically opposite points, arestuds 11.

' 12 designates a leverwhich, in the present instance, is formed of asingle length of wire bent upon itself between its ends as at 13 andhaving the limbs thereof offset from the bent portion 13 as at 14 andformed with loops 15 adjacent to the extremities thereof and eyes 16 atthe extremities. The eyes 16 receive the studs 11 and the limbs of thelever are designed to lie upon opposite sides of thehandle, while thatportion of the lever between the bend l3 and the oifsetportions 14:embraces the handle.

17 designates a clamp. In the present instance, this clamp isconstructed from a single length of wire formed to provide a bar 18,legs 19 projecting-outwardly from the bar at right angles thereto andoffset outwardly therefrom, coiled retractile springs 20. contiguous tothe ends of the legs 19, and eyes 21 at the outer ends of the springs20. The eyes 21 engage in the loops 15 in the offset limbs- 14 of thelever 12.

In practice, one end of the handle 4 is secured in the sleeve 10 and thehead bar 6 is placed upon the upper surface of the head 2 of the brush,while the lugs 7, arms 8 and bills 9 embrace the adjacent edge of thebrush. The bar 18 and legs 19 of the clamp 17 are now engaged with theopposite edge of the brush and the lever 12 swung toward the handle andin the swingvariation may be madewithin the scope of the claim withoutdeparting from the spirit of the ig intion.

I claim: bar, and a yieldable connection between said A detachableconnection for connecting a lever and clamp. 1O brush and a handle, saidconnection com- In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature prising a headbar connected to one edge of in presence of two Witnesses.

5 the brush, a clamp adapted to engage the WALTER VERNON.

opposite edge of the brush, a. lever for WVitnessesz' drawing said headbar and clamp together, E. E. TANNER, a connection between said leverand head HELEN ADAMS.

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